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Enforcement tactics on indoor marijuana grow operations. The use of ground-penetrating radar to locate clandestine graves. Whoever said university life can be boring did not make it to U of T Mississauga's Annual Forensic Science Day (FSD), which was celebrated April 6 in the Matthews Auditorium of the Kaneff Building.

During the FSD event, fourth-year Forensic Specialist students presented the results of their mandatory research project FSC481Y5, which is now in its fifteenth year.

An immigrant's journey to Canada, advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, and a historical look at pre- and post-war Shanghai are some of the topics that will be discussed at the spring 2011 Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

For the past six weeks, 10 teams of four young men and women each have been cruising through 10 Mississauga neighbourhoods. Inside each car, team members took turns snapping pictures of townhomes, buildings and malls, while their partners scribbled on a 12-page document, noting whether there were any syringes or broken beer bottles on the sidewalks.

This was not a scene out of a Flashpoint episode, but an assignment given by U of T Mississauga Geography Professor Dana Wilson to her GGR354 students.

From its ancient past through to its revolutions, Iran is as complex a nation as any on Earth.

Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, a professor of history and near and Middle Eastern civilizations and founding chair of the department of historical studies at U of T Mississauga, takes a historical look at Islamic rhetoric and political discourse in his work in order to break down popular misconceptions that Iran is a medieval society resistant to modernity.

Students, faculty and staff of the U of T community stood in solidarity at a public observance and ceremony at the Multi-Faith Centre recently to reflect on the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. Colourful handmade paper origami cranes lined each chair as attendees walked in to sit down.
Many international students and exchange students also attended the service, which featured a special guest: the Consul-General of Japan in Toronto, Tetsuo Yamashita.